When Salomon Smith Barney decided to slash the payout of lower-end producers, other firms took notice. Now A.G. Edwards is implementing a similar program. Registered Rep. Magazine reported in January that five-year Smith Barney vets who produce...

Trusts & Estates Magazine teams-up with its sister publication, Registered Rep, to create the original weekly Wealth Management enewsletter . First issue was released February 6, 2002. Current circulation is 38,000 subscribers. Be sure to sign-up...

Harris Acquires Northwestern Trust CHICAGO The Harris today announced that an expanded array of investment management solutions will be available to clients in the Pacific Northwest through both the acquisition of Seattle-based Northwestern Trust...

New Variable Annuity May Be Used For Elder Care Hartford, CT -- The Phoenix Companies, Inc. has introduced a new flexible premium variable annuity with a shortened surrender charge period and innovative benefit options. "This product is designed...

First Union Securities will announce Wednesday that it has been renamed Wachovia Securities, Registered Rep. magazine has learned. The name change is effective May 2002. This is the fourth name change in the past 10 years for both former Kemper...

Alan Schroder, new head of Bank of Americas Individual Investor group, said in an interview with Registered Rep. that his plans for the group include expanding its investment consultant force and expanding training initiatives, probably through a...

Fee-based business at retail brokerage firms is booming. The percentage of retail brokerage firms moving from per-trade commissions into new fee-based arrangements has almost doubled in the past two years, going from 28.7% in 1999 to 50.2% today...

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